yec, u Ltuid Claoeii i cation 



(ft) Secretary authorizea and directed to provide for a dotoraination 



of those lends which fall within category of forest lands, ae defined a cove, 



(b) Secretary ehall define the i.tatoe, or portions of States, in 



which the forest land ie in email, no u- contiguous tracts aggregating&quot; not , 



r 

 more then ____&amp;gt; of the 1;0tai land &quot;area and is of minor importance for the 



purposes of this GO , and the act shall not apply to such areas, provided, 

 however, that if any State extends State regulation to such areao, the 

 bocretary xnay in his discretion, oooporabe in bearing tho cost thereof, 



(c) Furthermore, act bhall not apply to any single ownership of 



I 

 -Ret-BtQi O-.ihen 5 acres, j- v &quot; 



(d) Ko area of forest land in excess of fivo acres may be cleared 

 for other uses unless its classification is changed by the appropriate 

 authority upon a showing that the land is more valuable for other than 

 the production of forest crops or that its watershed value will not be 

 unduly impaired, 



Sec 7, Scope and latent of the Act 



(a) This act shall apply to all land classified as foreet land, as 

 provided in Section 7 hereof, except within the areas excluded in 

 accordance with Section Y, 



(b) It is intent of act to accomplish its purposec by requiring 



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[ ^ i f 

 of privmte forest land owners adherence to rules of forest pi-actice u j,: 



to be promulgated under this aot.will 



